Tag: evolution
The Dinosaur “Explosion”
“First there were no dinosaur tracks, and then there were many,” says the lead author of a new study out this week.
Your “Botched Body”: Bad Design or Bad Logic?
Whenever a complex system of systems works at all, it seems counterproductive to attempt a “bad design” argument.
Andreas Wagner: Genetic Regulation Drives Evolutionary Change
In a seemingly infinite hall of mirrors, monumental assertions are casually made and immediately followed by citations that simply do the same thing.
Cognitive Conditioning and the Distortion of Reality
After following the discussion about evolution versus design for the past few decades, I have noticed a common trend.
Pre-Adaptation: In Evolutionary Explanations, Too Much Serendipity
“The bombardier beetle’s ancestors simply pressed into different service chemicals that already happened to be lying around. That’s often how evolution works.”